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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 61055

This procedure inserts a needle near the base of the skull or the top of the neck to reach the fluid-filled space surrounding the spinal cord, followed by an injection that may be a contrast dye to support imaging or a medication given for treatment. It provides an alternative access point when a standard lower-back spinal puncture is not suitable.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection cost?

$541

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$182 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$174 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,000Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $138 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in New York than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$541

$245 physician + $295 facility

NY $2,750MD $308

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.